Cyclopean builders left no written records of their techniques. Hundreds of cyclopean/polygonal walls exist in South America and Southern Europe with no written records from builders The Emancipation wall in Delphi has writing from freed slaves proving the wall is older than the scribblings The Wailing Wall in Jerusalem has impressive polygonal blocks used for prayer because it is a remnant from deep past

Hundreds of cyclopean and polygonal walls exist across Southern Europe, particularly in Greece, yet the builders left no written records. A wall at Delphi has inscriptions from the 4th century BCE scratched into its stonework, proving the wall predates those scribblings. Mycenaean builders in Greece later developed Linear B script — but those who built the earlier polygonal walls apparently didn't use writing. 🏛️

Key facts claimed:

- Hundreds of cyclopean/polygonal walls exist in Southern Europe, particularly Greece, with no written records from builders

- A wall at Delphi has writing from the 4th century BCE scratched into its stonework, proving the wall is older than the scribblings

- Cyclopean builders were not into writing things down despite living near cultures with writing like Greeks, Romans, and Carthaginians

Key Facts

  • Hundreds of cyclopean/polygonal walls exist in South America and Southern Europe with no written records from builders
  • The Emancipation wall in Delphi has writing from freed slaves proving the wall is older than the scribblings
  • The Wailing Wall in Jerusalem has impressive polygonal blocks used for prayer because it is a remnant from deep past
  • Cyclopean builders were not into writing things down despite living near cultures with writing like Greeks, Romans, and Carthaginians

Related site: Delphi — view location, images, and history on the Ancient Nerds map.

Source: The builders had a secret - No one ever wrote about building cyclopean walls. by One-eyed giant building walls